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you can imagine going through the negotiations and at the end of december boehner and mcconnell saying let's keep the tack cuts in place while we continue to negotiate. the president has to be firm. >> i completely agree with everything you just said. boehner after the meeting hinted he would be wiling to kick the can down the road and have the temporary solution. >> yeah. >> what would that mean for the markets? what would that mean for his caucus. do you think that's the most likely sceneario? >> the most positive is that some how they reach you a template. we are not talking about a full-blown dooley that provides -- it means a new budget resolution ordering the committees to come up with the right revenue and guidelines and the changes in spending before january 1. the second most likely and most positive they can't quite get there but delay for a couple of weeks and thatted -- that will be fine for the markets. if they can't reach it and the president says i'm not going to extend this for three or six months we will go over the cliff and i'll propose my tax cut plan after all the
you can imagine going through the negotiations and at the end of december boehner and mcconnell saying let's keep the tack cuts in place while we continue to negotiate. the president has to be firm. >> i completely agree with everything you just said. boehner after the meeting hinted he would be wiling to kick the can down the road and have the temporary solution. >> yeah. >> what would that mean for the markets? what would that mean for his caucus. do you think that's the...
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but on sunday with polls showing a strong majority of americans supporting the pipeline, john boehner said its party is going to continue its push. >> if it's not enacted before we take up the american energy and infrastructure jobs act, it will be part of it. >> as the maneuvering continues today, josh fox was arrested while trying to film a congressional hearing on the environmental impact of frac-ing. republicans objected to filming, and instructed capitol hill police to arrest fox when he did not leave. an abc news crew was also denied joining us now, steve israel, tonight. >> good to be with you. >> a poll just conducted found that 64% of americans support the pipeline, 22% oppose. and 13% undecided. i appreciate the environmental concerns, but is it wise politically for the democrats to fight this thing? >> i would imagine if you polled the american people before the oil spill in the gulf of mexico, the majority of the american people might have supported that, and then when the well erupted, the vast majority said wait a minute, maybe we shouldn't go that fast. you have to prov
but on sunday with polls showing a strong majority of americans supporting the pipeline, john boehner said its party is going to continue its push. >> if it's not enacted before we take up the american energy and infrastructure jobs act, it will be part of it. >> as the maneuvering continues today, josh fox was arrested while trying to film a congressional hearing on the environmental impact of frac-ing. republicans objected to filming, and instructed capitol hill police to arrest...
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boehner says just have sworn to never compromise! they are trying to take his words and spin them out of context to hide their own obstruction. for a party that loves to toss around the word leadership, they sure don't know what it means. today paul ryan tried their most reliable strategy against the president, which is deception, and even that doesn't seem to work. he gave his four pinocchio version of the president's plan. at the aarp and god bless those seniors they saw right through him and booed. >> the first step to a stronger medicare is to repeal obamacare. [ booing ] >> because it represents the worst of both worlds. i had a feeling there would be mixed reactions, so let me get into it. >> jennifer: this is what the president meant he had to go to the people to put pressure on washington, and the people are starting to catch on. they can't sell their policies honestly because nobody likes them. so they distort and obstruct, and americans still don't seem to be buying it. let me ask romney ryan and bane ear couple of question
boehner says just have sworn to never compromise! they are trying to take his words and spin them out of context to hide their own obstruction. for a party that loves to toss around the word leadership, they sure don't know what it means. today paul ryan tried their most reliable strategy against the president, which is deception, and even that doesn't seem to work. he gave his four pinocchio version of the president's plan. at the aarp and god bless those seniors they saw right through him and...
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look here we go with more boehner love. i have to show this. this happenedda at the end of the meaning. >> wait, wait, excuse me there is one other point that i want to make and that is my understanding is material is speaker boehner's birthday. for those of you who want to wish hip a happy birthday -- we not not embarrass him with a cake because we didn't know how many candies were needed. >> yeah, right. >> we do want to wish him a happy birthday. >> thank you. thank you. >> all right. thank you, everybody. >> that would be all be nice if he well a tough portion stance -- negotiation stance and he does not and it seems frustrating to people who don't agreey with boehner and don't want to wish him a happy birthday. >> a different situation when reagan and tip o'neill were working together and o'neill would stand up on the president and the president would stand up to tip o'neill and now vuboehner standing up to the president and the president not standing up to boehner. larry cudlow have -- they have been talking about capping deductions to br
look here we go with more boehner love. i have to show this. this happenedda at the end of the meaning. >> wait, wait, excuse me there is one other point that i want to make and that is my understanding is material is speaker boehner's birthday. for those of you who want to wish hip a happy birthday -- we not not embarrass him with a cake because we didn't know how many candies were needed. >> yeah, right. >> we do want to wish him a happy birthday. >> thank you. thank...
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>> i think the challenge for boehner. it will be a test for john boehner's leadership to find the votes within his caucus, to meet the president and others halfway. he has got to come halfway. certainly the president has got to come halfway. that's what this is about. >> eliot: i agree with you. the president has already gone halfway. i think they'll end up meeting his number. winning in politics brings consequences. new orleans mayor marc moriel. thank you for coming on the program. i'm joined by the one and only congressman barney frank. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. for >> eliot: for all the good well and happy talk is there a deal being framed up right now? >> i don't know. i hope there is. we've known there was substantively, but there has to be republicans who understand that sticking with this deficit reduction coming out of domestic programs, and you expand military spending, and you don't increase tax on the wealthy clearly the election said that's not the right way to go. i know the
>> i think the challenge for boehner. it will be a test for john boehner's leadership to find the votes within his caucus, to meet the president and others halfway. he has got to come halfway. certainly the president has got to come halfway. that's what this is about. >> eliot: i agree with you. the president has already gone halfway. i think they'll end up meeting his number. winning in politics brings consequences. new orleans mayor marc moriel. thank you for coming on the...
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boehner was trapped in a box that was tight. he since the battle rages on for the soul of the right. but perhaps we shouldn't rub our hands until it's over, for the last map standing in fact, might be named grover. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: earlier today emotion came to the senate floor to ratified a treaty on the disabled. it's modeled on the landmark of merges withamericans . he claimed u.s. sovereignty so the tea party is now in from its right flank. it's not just about the united nations. 24 hours an speaker john boehner put a budget offer on the table the tea party is threatening to throw him over board. what is his great plan? raising revenues--aah. the details are pretty vague, but we know his plan would raise $800 billion in revenue closing some unnamed loopholes while sparing the top earners from any more taxes. tea partyers object to raising any revenue at all. on the other side the president is not pleased with boehner's plan because he said there would be no deal without higher tax rates for the wealthy. >> obam
boehner was trapped in a box that was tight. he since the battle rages on for the soul of the right. but perhaps we shouldn't rub our hands until it's over, for the last map standing in fact, might be named grover. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> jennifer: earlier today emotion came to the senate floor to ratified a treaty on the disabled. it's modeled on the landmark of merges withamericans . he claimed u.s. sovereignty so the tea party is now in from its right flank. it's not just about the united...
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and john boehner saying let's talk about jobs. are they going to start saying that now? >> i think certainly that's been their line and down the line not just romney and boehner, but all down the line of the gop leadership, and i think it's really telling. i think it will be interesting to see if michael is right and if it does become a big issue or if they have made the judgment that this is not a winning issue anymore. and people aren't motivated to vote on this issue. and it's really a striking thing if that's the case because just as recently as 2004 people like karl rove were going around the country, planting ballot initiatives just to turn out their base on this very issue of same-sex marriage. so we have seen the muted response of the first couple of days. whether or not it changes, i think it is an open and good question. >> judd thanks a lot for being on "the young turks" today. coming up we have the help. the real story behind domestic workers in our country. and brave new ad campaigns to i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah you -- you k
and john boehner saying let's talk about jobs. are they going to start saying that now? >> i think certainly that's been their line and down the line not just romney and boehner, but all down the line of the gop leadership, and i think it's really telling. i think it will be interesting to see if michael is right and if it does become a big issue or if they have made the judgment that this is not a winning issue anymore. and people aren't motivated to vote on this issue. and it's really a...
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john boehner says he has a jobs plan. the only one who could get a job out of it might be mitt romney. ahead. stay with us. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to stick to a script? and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ ♪ >> a supreme court rooming in citizens united made this number possible. now it's our number of the day. infinity. while presidential campaigns have limits, super p.a.c.s do not. sheldon adelson gave $10 million to pro-mitt romney groups and said he would have given as much as 100 million for newted gingrich. forbes magazine says he is willing to go limitless against presiden
john boehner says he has a jobs plan. the only one who could get a job out of it might be mitt romney. ahead. stay with us. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to stick to a script? and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good...
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john boehner did give some indication on friday that perhaps they would move on the fiscal cliff over the weekend there was a somebody more republican movement with regard to saying perhaps we will raise tax rates on people who have a million dollars or more but without the at attention -- now that the public's at attention is now focused on this massacre in -- in connecticut, there may not be the feeling among republicans that they have got to move quite as quickly as if they will suffer the same kind of public backlash that they were suffering for weeks as they dragged their feet on the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: so it might lessen the urgency, wratheder than increase the urgency of acting like rashal adults. >> yeah. i don't ever think there is too much urgency in washington in terms of acting like rational adults, i think it depends on where the focus is at the time. and now it may give them a little bit more cover for dragging their feet. >> jennifer: all right. robert reich thank you. tonight is about action and getting involved. the first thing we want you to do is go to white
john boehner did give some indication on friday that perhaps they would move on the fiscal cliff over the weekend there was a somebody more republican movement with regard to saying perhaps we will raise tax rates on people who have a million dollars or more but without the at attention -- now that the public's at attention is now focused on this massacre in -- in connecticut, there may not be the feeling among republicans that they have got to move quite as quickly as if they will suffer the...
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believe me, he was speaking right at you john boehner. it's (vo) as marijuana gains social and legal acceptance, a new pioneer is emerging from the backwoods. >> i'm basically like a farmer. instead of corn, you've got dope. (vo) but what is legal and what is criminal? >> this is, no matter what you do, a violation of federal law. (vo) follow real farmers staking their claim on a new frontier. >> lots of terrible things happen to people growing marijuana. >> this crop to me is my livelihood. >> i have everything invested in this. >> obama: i've been keeping my own naughty and nice list for washington. so you should keep your eye on who gets some correct this year. there are going to be some members of congress who get 'em and on don't. >> jennifer: that was president obama at the connect toy factory factory. he was warning congress they might end up on the naughty list. and he asked republicans to extend the bush era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000, but not for those making more. echoing the holiday theme with this grinch lik
believe me, he was speaking right at you john boehner. it's (vo) as marijuana gains social and legal acceptance, a new pioneer is emerging from the backwoods. >> i'm basically like a farmer. instead of corn, you've got dope. (vo) but what is legal and what is criminal? >> this is, no matter what you do, a violation of federal law. (vo) follow real farmers staking their claim on a new frontier. >> lots of terrible things happen to people growing marijuana. >> this crop to...
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let's start with boehner. today he came out and gave the same stonewall answer that he always does, saying hey i want low taxes for the top 2%, i don't want to raise their taxes at all. what's amazing is how similar his language is to the same things he said back in 1993 dealing with president clinton. watch that. >> we republicans are rely gated to the sidelines even though we have a solid plan ready to go to reduce the deficit a plan with no tax increases and true cuts in government spending. >> the president still has not made an offer that meets those two standards but republicans have. >> president can talk about deficit reduction and spending cuts all he wants. the problem is that's not what his program's all about. >> while the president promise the american people a balanced approach his proposals have been anything but. >> clinton must understand that he has to cut spending for real. he has to reduce the deficit. for real. it's clear the president's just not serious about cutting spending. but spendin
let's start with boehner. today he came out and gave the same stonewall answer that he always does, saying hey i want low taxes for the top 2%, i don't want to raise their taxes at all. what's amazing is how similar his language is to the same things he said back in 1993 dealing with president clinton. watch that. >> we republicans are rely gated to the sidelines even though we have a solid plan ready to go to reduce the deficit a plan with no tax increases and true cuts in government...
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so does speaker boehner mean what he says? here to answer that question and more, is host of "viewpoint," and former new york governor eliot spitzer. welcome inside "the war room." >> i like being here. >> jennifer: i was just railing about the far-right republicans -- >> i heard you from miles away. >> jennifer: but despite the denial, john boehner gave this statement today to suggest that revenue could be a part of a grand bargain. >> yes, but -- there was classic boehner and cantor. it was quintessential republican double talk. we are now at the moment where you have got to put your cards on the table if you are going to get an agreement. it's now november. >> jennifer: but put their card on the table by saying we would consider revenue -- they said it's the rates they are concerned about -- >> so they have got to close loopholes. >> jennifer: yes, of course. >> so we're back to the same -- [overlapping speakers] >> jennifer: raising taxes, right? >> but which loophole -- >> jennifer: what will grove norquist say? >> as lon
so does speaker boehner mean what he says? here to answer that question and more, is host of "viewpoint," and former new york governor eliot spitzer. welcome inside "the war room." >> i like being here. >> jennifer: i was just railing about the far-right republicans -- >> i heard you from miles away. >> jennifer: but despite the denial, john boehner gave this statement today to suggest that revenue could be a part of a grand bargain. >> yes, but...
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meanwhile what is john boehner up to? other than fighting the president on the grand bargain and the so-called fiscal cliff, he said if you do filibuster reform, and you actually can get legislation passed through the senate well, we would hate that because we love gridlock in washington as the republicans right? so he said, if the senate reforms it, the filibuster, we'll block every vote. quote, any bill that reaches the republican-led house based on the senate democrat's heavy handed power play would be dead on arrival. if you thought gridlock was bad before, wait until you get a load of the new gridlock where he would kill every single bill. do you remember what president obama said before the election? i'll remind you don't worry here it comes. my hope, my expectation is that after the election, now that it turns out that the goal beating obama does not make much sense because i'm not running again that we can start getting some cooperation again. hate to do it to you but wrong again, bob. it doesn't look like you're
meanwhile what is john boehner up to? other than fighting the president on the grand bargain and the so-called fiscal cliff, he said if you do filibuster reform, and you actually can get legislation passed through the senate well, we would hate that because we love gridlock in washington as the republicans right? so he said, if the senate reforms it, the filibuster, we'll block every vote. quote, any bill that reaches the republican-led house based on the senate democrat's heavy handed power...
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but a few days ago john boehner said something very, very telling. he told politico, quote, which is a place for everything. hold everything. there is a price for everything. that, ladies and gentlemen is transactional politics at its finest. what will you give me to get what you want? so, today president obama dispatched his top economic advisor, his deputy to find out exactly what that price is. and that's treasury secretary timothy geithner net with the top four congressional leaders pelosi, ma con el, mcconnell and reid and he brought a specific plan from the white house with him. that plan from the president in trying to resolve the fiscal cliff asks for, $1.6 trillion in new revenue. and that's supposed to come from raising taxes on the wealthiest. the president's plan asks for an extension of the payroll tax cut. and an extension of unemployment insurance benefits. it asks for a deferral of those automatic sequester cuts to defense spending and to local -- to domestic spend being. and it also asks, i love this one, a multi-year stimulus packag
but a few days ago john boehner said something very, very telling. he told politico, quote, which is a place for everything. hold everything. there is a price for everything. that, ladies and gentlemen is transactional politics at its finest. what will you give me to get what you want? so, today president obama dispatched his top economic advisor, his deputy to find out exactly what that price is. and that's treasury secretary timothy geithner net with the top four congressional leaders pelosi,...
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we can't feel sorry for him he would be minority speaker boehner if it weren't for the tea party, but he would achieve governance now and then. >> you're so right in the way you describe one of our
we can't feel sorry for him he would be minority speaker boehner if it weren't for the tea party, but he would achieve governance now and then. >> you're so right in the way you describe one of our
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speaker boehner's offer was a million. so in the natural course of a compromise if it ends up at $500,000 $600,000, that is not where it should be in your view. >> if you live in san francisco or new york city, it might seem like $250,000 or $300,000 is not very much but listen, in terms of the nation as a whole the median wage is around $50,000. the median family income is close to $58,000. i mean anybody earning over $250,000 is very wealthy in terms of the country as a whole. if you push it up to $400,000, those people between $250,000 and $400,000 are not going to have any tax increase at all. if you push it up above $400,000 toward the $1 million mark, speaker boehner is putting out there, you know, you're going to have a very relatively small tax increase in terms of the number of people affected, very little revenues will be raised relative to what otherwise could be raised. >> eliot: in return for this threshold that's too high, as you just stated, the president is putting social security and medicare on the table.
speaker boehner's offer was a million. so in the natural course of a compromise if it ends up at $500,000 $600,000, that is not where it should be in your view. >> if you live in san francisco or new york city, it might seem like $250,000 or $300,000 is not very much but listen, in terms of the nation as a whole the median wage is around $50,000. the median family income is close to $58,000. i mean anybody earning over $250,000 is very wealthy in terms of the country as a whole. if you...
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but i want to talk about what john boehner said . . . so do you think that baner is bluffing? >> you talk about human behavior, and that includes individual not always strong humans like john boehner. we have a couple of possibilities here let's face it. one we end up with something like the status quo. then they are going to have to deal with obama for the next four years, and the numbers don't make a huge difference. there is more of an incent dividend to cut a deal or at least say we're going to put it all often for a couple of months. but if romney wins they are going to say why should becut a deal with a lame duck president? let's wait until january. so the likelihood of a deal depends very much on the outcome of the election. >> jennifer: totally. but how can you get a deal, whether you are mitt romney or barack obama -- how can you get a deal with people who have signed the grover norquist pledge to never raise taxes? >> and how many have signed it. [ overlapping speakers ] >> yes, exactly. so the answer is -- you already had a number of senate republicans who indicated
but i want to talk about what john boehner said . . . so do you think that baner is bluffing? >> you talk about human behavior, and that includes individual not always strong humans like john boehner. we have a couple of possibilities here let's face it. one we end up with something like the status quo. then they are going to have to deal with obama for the next four years, and the numbers don't make a huge difference. there is more of an incent dividend to cut a deal or at least say...
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even john boehner. even today brother from wisconsin, a deeply conservative guy who usually would love this kind of stuff, he even turns on bachmann, watch. >> the comments that were made about her in that letter whether or not they were taken out of context, were the wrong thing to do. she could not have gotten a job either as then senator hilary clinton's top advisor or the job in the state department without passing a rather rigorous security clearance. >> that's standing up to a constituent and saying no there's nothing wrong with huma abedin these are lies. when you have lost this guy you really jumped a republican shark. so when you get to that bottom of the barrel, who are you going to find? she only has a couple of supports live. rush limbaugh, glenn beck, and newt gingrich. >> look at the skirmish that is underway. what is the impact of the muslim brotherhood in the u.s. government. >> do you share that concern? >> absolutely. there weren't allegations there was a question -- >> i was just aski
even john boehner. even today brother from wisconsin, a deeply conservative guy who usually would love this kind of stuff, he even turns on bachmann, watch. >> the comments that were made about her in that letter whether or not they were taken out of context, were the wrong thing to do. she could not have gotten a job either as then senator hilary clinton's top advisor or the job in the state department without passing a rather rigorous security clearance. >> that's standing up to a...
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speech. >> john boehner, they voted for it in 2008 and again in 2012 john boehner making a fuss on this is like the man who lost lotto and still demanding
speech. >> john boehner, they voted for it in 2008 and again in 2012 john boehner making a fuss on this is like the man who lost lotto and still demanding
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now speaker boehner should come forward. the speaker said we should do this in a transparent way, open this all to the public. mr. speaker, let's see your revenue tax plan, because so far it's not clear to me exactly what he is proposing. i don't know if is simply saying what republicans have said in the past that some how if you reduce rates on high income earners you're going to get this magical growth that pays for itself and doesn't increase the deficit. but we know that's not true. he needs to come forward and be as transparent as he said we all should be. what is his plan? >> eliot: that's the pressure that needs to be brought to bear on john boehner. the president could say okay, mr. speaker, you don't want to raise the marginal rate. here's the five loopholes that we're going to close that will get us the revenue we need, and the first one is the capital gains rate. we'll eliminate the different actual that is one essential piece. is that what you want to do? i would like to see boehner smoked out of the ambiguity th
now speaker boehner should come forward. the speaker said we should do this in a transparent way, open this all to the public. mr. speaker, let's see your revenue tax plan, because so far it's not clear to me exactly what he is proposing. i don't know if is simply saying what republicans have said in the past that some how if you reduce rates on high income earners you're going to get this magical growth that pays for itself and doesn't increase the deficit. but we know that's not true. he...
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nighted under the republican control of the house last year, this has been going on really since john boehner took over the house. it started immediately and it was with tearing apart the health care reform bill, defunding planned parenthood, it's been non-stop. >> we heard a segment about alec providing conservative issues that corporations think are important. is it right to life offering the pattern legislation that we're seeing in these states? >> there has been a movement for a long time, and governor, you saw some of that getting pushed through by the radical right wing of the religious conservatives of the republican party. what has happened in the last year is that this kind of faction of the party is literally pushing the entire republican party into a social site on issues when we know that the voters want to talk about the economy. >> so tell me quickly what are the big races that emily's list is looking at this time? can you give me it in a nutshell? >> we have a historic number of women running for the united states senate. we are behind 11 women. we've never had that happen. we'
nighted under the republican control of the house last year, this has been going on really since john boehner took over the house. it started immediately and it was with tearing apart the health care reform bill, defunding planned parenthood, it's been non-stop. >> we heard a segment about alec providing conservative issues that corporations think are important. is it right to life offering the pattern legislation that we're seeing in these states? >> there has been a movement for a...
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but even all this was not enough for boehner. now at one point, president obama said oh, my god the gaining of six came out with a proposal with two-point truly $1 tax increases. his chief of staff at the time said we look like idiot negotiators, because they got a fake $100 billion when the senate democrats got a real $2 trillion in tax increases. they look terrible. at one point president obama goes boehner can i get $1.2 trillion in increases. boehner doesn't call him back. president obama said i'll take the original deal. boehner says to him: >> in other words no, you haven't groveled enough. they did manage to keep the government open, got some agreements, and look at john boehner on 60 minutes, bragging about that agreement. >> when you look at this final agreement that we came to with the white house, you know, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> i bet you are. he's spitting in your eye. and president obama still oh, my god, why didn't he take the deal. he wasn't going to lower taxes was he? in that one speech
but even all this was not enough for boehner. now at one point, president obama said oh, my god the gaining of six came out with a proposal with two-point truly $1 tax increases. his chief of staff at the time said we look like idiot negotiators, because they got a fake $100 billion when the senate democrats got a real $2 trillion in tax increases. they look terrible. at one point president obama goes boehner can i get $1.2 trillion in increases. boehner doesn't call him back. president obama...
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what is john boehner's plan. i don't know what he's asking us for. >> yeah, i didn't realize what exactly he was saying. i talked to three or four different people about it, and i heard three or four different interpretations. the republicans in congress, the leaders, boehner is very nervous about whether he's going to maintain his speakership. mitch mcconnell is very nervous about how the senate is going to react to the new situation on capitol hill. it's going to take some time for this to play out. it's just going--it's not going to happen quickly. and if people think--people watching the news, eliot might be thinking that republicans suddenly are going to release that they have to change their stripes, and they have to be different--no, no, no. they're not going to realize that suddenly at all. >> eliot: this was not an epiphany moment for the republican party. you said something interesting. that john boehner may be worried about his speakership. who would challenge him and how likely would it be that they c
what is john boehner's plan. i don't know what he's asking us for. >> yeah, i didn't realize what exactly he was saying. i talked to three or four different people about it, and i heard three or four different interpretations. the republicans in congress, the leaders, boehner is very nervous about whether he's going to maintain his speakership. mitch mcconnell is very nervous about how the senate is going to react to the new situation on capitol hill. it's going to take some time for this...
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therefore they're not going to go along--even if boehner wants them to go along. both sides the president and democrats on one side, boehner and the republicans are basically maneuvering for bargaining position for what is going to be a long-term negotiation. >> eliot: they're just shadow boxing, i think that's exactly right. i wonder and i'm trying to assess--i have no knowledge of what goes on inside the republican party but i'm trying to discern if boehner has more strength now than he did when this negotiation took place lose yearlastyear. does he have the political strength because his party lost, can he look eric cantor in the eye and other republican leaders in the eye and say we have no choice but to cut a deal that is now on the president's terms? >> i think the strongest bargaining level he has is not so much that the republicans lost the election but beginning january 1st tax rates do go up particularly on the wealthy automatically. that's when the bush tax cut is basically terminated. the president has that bargaining power. essentially in washington d
therefore they're not going to go along--even if boehner wants them to go along. both sides the president and democrats on one side, boehner and the republicans are basically maneuvering for bargaining position for what is going to be a long-term negotiation. >> eliot: they're just shadow boxing, i think that's exactly right. i wonder and i'm trying to assess--i have no knowledge of what goes on inside the republican party but i'm trying to discern if boehner has more strength now than he...
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--hay demcratas que acusan a "boehner" de entorpecer todas las propuestas de obama, algo que el lder republicano niega. --expertos polticos aseguran que es inevitable volver a las discusiones con que cerr el aÑo anterior el congreso sobre los temas econmicos y el gobierno. cu --un reporte mdico dice que el autor de la muerte del joven trayvon martin sufri lesiones. take vo --george zimmerman visit a un mdico un da despus del asesinato, y existe un parte mdico que podra cambiar el curso de la investigacin. --el informe dice que zimmerman tena la nariz fracturada, los labios hinchados, los ojos morados y heridas en la parte pok sterior de su cabeza. --sin embargo dice que zimmerman se neg a ser hospitalizado,y que el doctor le recomend ver a un siclogo, despus de que este confens que senta naseas cada vez que recordaba el incidente. cu llega el momento de nuestra primera pausa pero al regresar les diremos por qu las take vo autoridades de la baha llaman la atencin a las mujeres y su vestimenta para este verano. wait for sot "mucha prostitución... los vagos" con vo una ciudad del rea
--hay demcratas que acusan a "boehner" de entorpecer todas las propuestas de obama, algo que el lder republicano niega. --expertos polticos aseguran que es inevitable volver a las discusiones con que cerr el aÑo anterior el congreso sobre los temas econmicos y el gobierno. cu --un reporte mdico dice que el autor de la muerte del joven trayvon martin sufri lesiones. take vo --george zimmerman visit a un mdico un da despus del asesinato, y existe un parte mdico que podra cambiar el...
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because mitch mcconnell and john boehner brought governance to a halt, their only principle was to say no to the white house, we should now serve up mitt romney as their chosen negotiating partner? such is the logic of the amazingly cynical and disappointing columnists to. read the des moines register endorsement of romney is to read a logic that would have justified neville chamberlain apiecement of the nazis. cave to the entity that refuses to negotiate and then blame the party that does stand on proper principle yet still tried in good faith to negotiate a deal for the public good. such skewed logic is horrific to read. credit ezra klein and some others for shining the light on this and shame on those who are rewarding the worst form of politics we've seen in many presidential cycles and the politicians whose campaigns have neither the guts nor will to speak truth to the public about their views on the tough issues we face. that's my view. what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> eliot: it seems like an odd thing to have to point out. but it's
because mitch mcconnell and john boehner brought governance to a halt, their only principle was to say no to the white house, we should now serve up mitt romney as their chosen negotiating partner? such is the logic of the amazingly cynical and disappointing columnists to. read the des moines register endorsement of romney is to read a logic that would have justified neville chamberlain apiecement of the nazis. cave to the entity that refuses to negotiate and then blame the party that does...
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here who is not laughing this is john boehner speaker of the house. >> this is a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. you've watched me over the last three weeks i've been very guarded in what i have had to say. but when i come out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table i took a great risk. >> cenk: kind of makes you yearn for the pen jokes. >> yes. >> cenk: look, he didn't take a great risk. that's what the whole election was about raising revenue. raising revenue is code word for not raising the income tax rates. we don't want to raise rates we'll get rid of loopholes that we'll put back in next year. i love the point that dorothy made. i never thought about it that way. everybody knows they have a household budget. we know we should spend less, but if you don't make any money you're out of luck. the revenue side of this is tremendously important. and we have congress saying no revenue, we're not going to bring it in. >> during the bush years they used to spend money that they d
here who is not laughing this is john boehner speaker of the house. >> this is a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. you've watched me over the last three weeks i've been very guarded in what i have had to say. but when i come out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table i took a great risk. >> cenk: kind of makes you yearn for the pen jokes. >> yes. >> cenk: look, he didn't...
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they threw out john boehner's promise for transparency out with me yesterday. now they are paying for it. because there is on enormous media backlash because it. >> right. i just saw a john boehner clip on transparency, and it seems like a joke now. you are really right, one, they are already recording this so they don't mind it being recorded as long as it's not to show you wrong they are. and you were trying to record it to see what they were going to say. and then just real quick there, you as a public citizen -- since it was a public hearing could have sat in the hearing anyway. >> but not recorded it. >> wasn't your camera man credentialed. >> the first set we hired were credentialed. but the point is that, you know our film gasland two is about another level of contamination due to fraccing. every single campaign dollar that's going towards a politician that is going to be supporting frac-ing and there are millions and millions $250 million spent lobying in congress, every single one of those dollar is a confrontation to our democracy. i was arrested beca
they threw out john boehner's promise for transparency out with me yesterday. now they are paying for it. because there is on enormous media backlash because it. >> right. i just saw a john boehner clip on transparency, and it seems like a joke now. you are really right, one, they are already recording this so they don't mind it being recorded as long as it's not to show you wrong they are. and you were trying to record it to see what they were going to say. and then just real quick...
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i do believe that he'll do a deal with john boehner largely on john boehner's terms i hate to break it to you the first day after the election. but from time to time i know what i'm talking about this stuff. president, this is the first time you have leverage, for god god's sake, use it. >>> the senate race, a political bloodbath for the republicans. can't wait to talk about that. >> and i am well aware that i will be the first openly gay member. [ cheering ] >> cenk: damn straight. ironic. and then, elbow of the day. we got a lot of them. who are they going to land on. wait until you see what we do to fox news and the republicans. [ ♪ music ♪ ] people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: i'm going to war against the pundits today. the rest of the pundits on tv said those republicans they're
i do believe that he'll do a deal with john boehner largely on john boehner's terms i hate to break it to you the first day after the election. but from time to time i know what i'm talking about this stuff. president, this is the first time you have leverage, for god god's sake, use it. >>> the senate race, a political bloodbath for the republicans. can't wait to talk about that. >> and i am well aware that i will be the first openly gay member. [ cheering ] >> cenk: damn...
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john boehner not wanting the president to get all of the limelight, john boehner gave an exclusive one on one interview last night. she wasn't drunk. >> oh, really? >> bill: does anybody believe this? >> i'm the most reasonable responsibility person out here. the president knows he and i can work together. >> bill: i'm the most reasonable man in washington except eric cantor has a gun to my head. >> yeah. >> bill: and to show how totally in denial he is. >> i think this has been the host misreported story of my two years. we don't have a tea party caucus to speak of in the house. >> bill: maybe he should tell michele bachmann that who started the tea party caucus in the house. and tell the 63 tea party republicans that there is no tea party in the house. >> what is he doing? >> bill: i don't know. and again, all they do is lie. michele bachmann started the tea party caucus. maybe they don't always get their way, he can say, but they do. it is the tail wagging the dog we have seen that for the last two years under john boehner. he is not a bad guy, but he is not a leader, and he is not
john boehner not wanting the president to get all of the limelight, john boehner gave an exclusive one on one interview last night. she wasn't drunk. >> oh, really? >> bill: does anybody believe this? >> i'm the most reasonable responsibility person out here. the president knows he and i can work together. >> bill: i'm the most reasonable man in washington except eric cantor has a gun to my head. >> yeah. >> bill: and to show how totally in denial he is....
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he's enconsed with john boehner. he's got the reminder that people want adult leadership in the room. that's where his comfort zone usually is. >> i sort of thought that this tragedy might bring somewhat more adult nature to the conversation on the fiscal cliff and that we might get a more sort of stable and understandable resolution quicker. that's not happening. we're back at the exact same kind of partisan breakdown we had on the debt ceiling. ultimately they reach the divide and get to a deal that can pass. in terms of easing the tone in washington, that's not happening. >> eliot: that lasted 72 hours. it seems to me you're both right. public wants compromise but the public also wants the president to fight. he continues to articulate that agenda. the public will be with him and so yes you put up a good fight and then you did close the deal but if you close the deal without articulating and fighting first then there will be dispace of support within his base. that's something he cannot afford. joe williams, ben w
he's enconsed with john boehner. he's got the reminder that people want adult leadership in the room. that's where his comfort zone usually is. >> i sort of thought that this tragedy might bring somewhat more adult nature to the conversation on the fiscal cliff and that we might get a more sort of stable and understandable resolution quicker. that's not happening. we're back at the exact same kind of partisan breakdown we had on the debt ceiling. ultimately they reach the divide and get...
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john boehner the speaker of the house, he took out $50,000 to $100,000 and put it in safer investments. they said us? have conflict of interest? no we would never do that. they are liars. they do it all the time. more examples for you. senator tom coburn, he was putting a hold on a genetic info bill. this is important for a company called affymetrix. in 2008 he released the hold and then bought $20,000 of worth of stock. then he voted for a bill that would help them. what a wild coincidence. no, my financial adviser runs my things. did i end up signing that bill? and did that help the company? golly gee, you got me on that one. representative ed whitfield does this more than anybody in congress. 38% of trades involve those that are in front of him. g.e. stocks he held for 12 years. right before he's about to filibuster a bill that will help g.e. he sells $50,000 to $100,000 of stocks. then they torpedo the bill and then golly gee, how did i make money off of that? and then finally let's go to congressman michael mccaul. there is a food and safety bill in front of him in 2009. it was go
john boehner the speaker of the house, he took out $50,000 to $100,000 and put it in safer investments. they said us? have conflict of interest? no we would never do that. they are liars. they do it all the time. more examples for you. senator tom coburn, he was putting a hold on a genetic info bill. this is important for a company called affymetrix. in 2008 he released the hold and then bought $20,000 of worth of stock. then he voted for a bill that would help them. what a wild coincidence....
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we were talking about house speaker john boehner back tracking within the same 24 hours because they were going to offer up bits and pieces of a new plan and all of the big money, coming in and saying no, no no, repeal don't put anything else in place. the insurance companies are giving cover to the republicans saying we'll put these little nuggets in place, you can continues to repeal. >> they hit the hard line for their base the republicans and say you see that, the banks can regulate themselves, the insurance companies can regulate themselves. >> it's come full circle, they're all working together. >> in the end, they don't have to actually do anything. >> no, you have to keep in mind who's doing this. it's a strategic public relations move on behalf of the insurance companies. >> you have to hand it to them. it's a little brilliant but don't fall for it. >> now when we come back, they said that if you use union workers it won't work. they said if you build plants in america, you can't do it. you've got to out source the job. guess who's proving them wrong? ford. >> the workers cr
we were talking about house speaker john boehner back tracking within the same 24 hours because they were going to offer up bits and pieces of a new plan and all of the big money, coming in and saying no, no no, repeal don't put anything else in place. the insurance companies are giving cover to the republicans saying we'll put these little nuggets in place, you can continues to repeal. >> they hit the hard line for their base the republicans and say you see that, the banks can regulate...
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the -- john boehner had this to say. >> today i'm pleased to announce on friday the house will vote on a bill to extend the current interest rate on federal student loans for one year. we will pay for this by taking money from one of the slush funds in the president's health care law. >> oh. >> there it is. >> yeah. >> tear it down. what happened to the ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? americans really get that. and we would all like to have our diseases caught early. and it's everything about being smart on health care and they want to tear it down. >> yeah. even the violence against women act. is there nothing that just a no brainer that you should be for? >> the violence against women act is something that passed basically virtually unanimously. i think it was unanimous in 2000, and 2005 when it was reauthorized, and suddenly with this republican war on women it is being argued about that we shouldn't reauthorize these key grant programs that keep victims safe and hold perpetrators accountable. again, this kind of falls into that category of public safety and fairness t
the -- john boehner had this to say. >> today i'm pleased to announce on friday the house will vote on a bill to extend the current interest rate on federal student loans for one year. we will pay for this by taking money from one of the slush funds in the president's health care law. >> oh. >> there it is. >> yeah. >> tear it down. what happened to the ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? americans really get that. and we would all like to have our...
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i hope boehner starts to attack what you perceive as their strength. it will force the democrats to stand up for more traditional what we associate with the democratic party, which is we're going to protector things like social security, medicare and we'll go further with more progressive taxation and expand social security because frankly it makes sense to do so at this point. >> cenk: the argument that paul krugman, who i come back to frequently because he has been about the only economist who has been right at every stage from pre-cataclysm through now wait a minute weynes was right. he's basically saying the social safety net is what we need to build a middle class and create the assumption and create jobs. >> we can create medicare and the government can provide less money for seniors. in the end it comes out of their kids pockets. you're basically allowing for a tremendous amount of income inequality to continue in this country, and hopefully this will push the democrats to the left. if the republicans at least nominally shed some of these more s
i hope boehner starts to attack what you perceive as their strength. it will force the democrats to stand up for more traditional what we associate with the democratic party, which is we're going to protector things like social security, medicare and we'll go further with more progressive taxation and expand social security because frankly it makes sense to do so at this point. >> cenk: the argument that paul krugman, who i come back to frequently because he has been about the only...
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people are saying obama is reasonable boehner and the republicans unreasonable. easy got to make a deal in that sense, too. they're going to do the grand bargain. both sides are really, really motivated. both sides are super motivated. now really good piece of news about elizabeth warren. >> she was named to the bank committee. two senators retiring in january announced they're retirements. they were on the bank committee. the bank spent a lot of money to see her not get elected spent a lot of lobbying power to see her not named the the committee. remember, $3 million were given to scott brown by bankers in that campaign, $245,000 only to warren. >> they knocked her out of the consumer protection bureau, which was her idea. she just wants safe banking. she doesn't want banking she wants safer banking so your money is safe and they don't gamble with it. that's why the banks hate it. >> it's why smaller banks are not opposed to warren. >> that's a great point. i love that they put mention in there, hey banks we have to put elizabeth warren, but don't worry, we're g
people are saying obama is reasonable boehner and the republicans unreasonable. easy got to make a deal in that sense, too. they're going to do the grand bargain. both sides are really, really motivated. both sides are super motivated. now really good piece of news about elizabeth warren. >> she was named to the bank committee. two senators retiring in january announced they're retirements. they were on the bank committee. the bank spent a lot of money to see her not get elected spent a...
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here is what john boehner said: wait! wait! wait! john what happened? i thought you didn't want to cover preexisting conditions. all of a sudden that might be popular. all right. i'm going to bring in an expert here jacki schechner. who is a current tv correspondent. >> we heard reports from "politico" that john boehner talked about keeping things like coverage of people with preexisting conditions, and keeping people under the age of 26 on their parent's healthcare plan and closing the doughnut hole in medicare. >> when the talk went into talk about 26 years old, that's why they are scared of. even on this one they were immediately ready to ben on it. preexisting conditions they thought that tooth and nail. >> the problem was all away along the individual provisions were always popular. it was how they were framed in their entirety that was unpopular with the public because of the nament was named and categorized. the actual individual pieces always polled very well. >> except for one piece. the mandate. >> right. >> president obama adopted it even tho
here is what john boehner said: wait! wait! wait! john what happened? i thought you didn't want to cover preexisting conditions. all of a sudden that might be popular. all right. i'm going to bring in an expert here jacki schechner. who is a current tv correspondent. >> we heard reports from "politico" that john boehner talked about keeping things like coverage of people with preexisting conditions, and keeping people under the age of 26 on their parent's healthcare plan and...
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krong kong is heating up with the congressional leaders of both parties waying n house speaker john boehner ruled it out as irrational as opposed to punishing a guy that the last president did. nancy pelosi wondered what was going on. >> the very same people hold be him in contempt are part of a nationwide scheme to suppress the vote. they are closely aligned with those who are suffocating the system. unlimited, special interest, secret money and they are poisoning the debate. >> john: holder called next week's contempt vote unwarranted, unnecessary and unprecedented. and who would have thought the mano bomb a made america's pop cop would also become the first cop republicans don't like. now joining us from nyc with his take on this and all things political one of my favorite comics w. kamel bell. he hit it big with his comedy show and he will be even bigger after his television show tote lie biased premieres on fx august 9th. what a accomplish you are to have you here. >> thank you for having me. i just want to say, first of all, i heard you talking about sean penn and i was like, man we c
krong kong is heating up with the congressional leaders of both parties waying n house speaker john boehner ruled it out as irrational as opposed to punishing a guy that the last president did. nancy pelosi wondered what was going on. >> the very same people hold be him in contempt are part of a nationwide scheme to suppress the vote. they are closely aligned with those who are suffocating the system. unlimited, special interest, secret money and they are poisoning the debate. >>...
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listen to john boehner say whatever he wants. but cenk listen to the vice president talking. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> you know, and this is about osama bin laden in a way because the democrats have neutralized with the success of the elimination of osama bin laden, they have neutralized that issue for the republicans. not only that, even bill clinton is coming to the side of president obama, and this is i think a spectacular ad. ♪ >> it's one thing george bush said that was right. the president is the decider in chief. nobody can make that decision for you. look, he knew what would happen. suppose the navy seals had gone in there and it hadn't been bin laden. suppose they had been captured or killed. the down side would have been horrible, but he reasoned. i cannot in good conscious do nothing. he took the harder and the more honorable path, and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> it's not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one
listen to john boehner say whatever he wants. but cenk listen to the vice president talking. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> you know, and this is about osama bin laden in a way because the democrats have neutralized with the success of the elimination of osama bin laden, they have neutralized that issue for the republicans. not only that, even bill clinton is coming to the side of president obama, and this is i think a spectacular ad. ♪ >> it's...
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aids say the president wanted boehner to offer up more issues on the tax revenue, and boehner wants the president to be more particularly about spending cuts. states have until this friday to tell the federal government whether they want to set up their own insurance exchanges or do it themselves. the government has given conditional approval to six tait -- states who want to do it themselves. six want a state and federal partnership, and six haven't said anything at all. tennessee is the latest to say it won't set up an online marketplace bringing the total to 21. republican governor said he is not a fan of the care act but he is one of several republicans who just did nothing until now, hoping the law would be overturned. we're back after the break. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. ... and current will let me say anything. >> only on current tv. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we'r
aids say the president wanted boehner to offer up more issues on the tax revenue, and boehner wants the president to be more particularly about spending cuts. states have until this friday to tell the federal government whether they want to set up their own insurance exchanges or do it themselves. the government has given conditional approval to six tait -- states who want to do it themselves. six want a state and federal partnership, and six haven't said anything at all. tennessee is the...